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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 2:30 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS73 KFSD 282030 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 230 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT...SWINGING WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST...THEN NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ061-062-066>071-290430- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.120229T1000Z-120301T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 230 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
762 WWUS73 KFSD 290243 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 843 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT...SWINGING WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST... THEN NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ061-062-066>071-291045- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.120229T1000Z-120301T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 843 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
203 WWUS73 KFSD 290910 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 310 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WIND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST THIS MORNING...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. SDZ060-065-291715- /O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.120229T1000Z-120301T0000Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 310 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS LIGHT SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ061-062-066>071-291715- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.120229T1000Z-120301T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 310 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING...AS AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS IS MOST LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO JACKSON MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
483 WWUS73 KFSD 291728 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1128 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ060>062-065>071-010000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1128 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA RIGHT AROUND SUNSET. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
161 WWUS73 KFSD 292356 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 556 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ060>062-065>071-010100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 556 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DROP BELOW 10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.